Andrew Kishino

Birth Date: 20/03/1970

Raised in Toronto and built on a hip-hop career that hit number one in Canada, Andrew Kishino became one of LA's most active voice actors after relocating in the mid-1990s. A Mensa member who has spoken candidly about his dyslexia, he brings rare depth to every role. Best known for Saw Gerrera in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch, Janja in The Lion Guard, and Kevin in Steven Universe.

Andrew Kishino’s Career at the Crossroads of Music, Animation, and Gaming

Long before the booth calls and franchise credits, Andrew Kishino was making chart history in Canada. Born March 20, 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, the Canadian voice actor of Japanese descent started as a hip-hop artist under the name Kish, scoring a number-one hit on the RPM Cancon chart in 1991 with “I Rhyme the World in 80 Days.” A follow-up album came in 1994, then a pivot to Los Angeles and music production a transition that eventually redirected him toward voice acting, a lane he has dominated for over two decades. He is a Juno Award-nominated recording artist and a member of Mensa, and has spoken openly about navigating a career built on language while living with dyslexia.

Saw Gerrera and the Star Wars Legacy

The role that put Kishino on the map for genre audiences was Saw Gerrera, the hardened rebel extremist in Star Wars: The Clone Wars a Lucasfilm series that won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards for outstanding animation. The character demanded a specific kind of weight: someone radicalized by war, operating outside the official Rebellion. Kishino carried that complexity across the original Clone Wars run and returned to reprise Gerrera in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, keeping the role his own even as Forest Whitaker took over in live-action entries. His portrayal of Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: Renegades and Sektor in Mortal Kombat 9 confirmed early on that combat-heavy, morally driven characters were a natural fit.

Disney, Cartoon Network, and the Animation Mainstream

Kishino voiced Janja in Disney Junior’s The Lion Guard across the show’s full run from 2015 to 2019 and did more than just lend his voice, contributing original music and compositions to the series. On Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe, he played Kevin, the recurring antagonist whose smug confidence offered a sharp tonal contrast to the show’s warmth. Beyond those anchor roles, his animation credits span a wide range: Kenny Kong in The Spectacular Spider-Man, characters in Love, Death & Robots Vol. 3, and an appearance in Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. He was also part of the English voice cast for Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning film The Boy and the Heron, and took the lead role of Ernest in the Annie Award-nominated Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia.

Video Games, Dubbing, and the Expanding Resume

The gaming side of Kishino’s work reads like a catalog of flagship titles. Ghost of Tsushima, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Halo Infinite, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Marvel Rivals, Ghost of Yotei, and The Outer Worlds 2 all carry his voice. Alongside those, his dubbing work includes Korean drama Shadow Detective, the Netflix anime series Baki and Baki Hanma, Record of Ragnarok, and The World Ends With You: The Animation as Koki Kariya. As an audiobook narrator, he received an Audie Award nomination for Fonda Lee’s Jade City trilogy. His agency, CESD Talent, handles animation, interactive, commercial, and audiobook representation.